Lubuntu 14.04

First of all, my apologies for disappear due to personal reasons (went out for a few days). But it’s here, Lubuntu 14.04 codename Trusty Tahr. The missing links for PowerPC machines have been recovered. Feel free to go to the Downloads section and grab it. If you need more info check the release page.

Unity is a piece of crap. I am a Linux user for more than 10 years and I am disappointed by the removal of GNOME 2 from the new LTS. I did four upgrades since 10.04 — only one worked — then I had to re-install. Now I'm tired of this. I'm switching bad to Debian.

I hate the way how Ubuntu tries to push its own features (Unity and Ubuntu One) to end users. At first it was annoying. At last it was disappointing. If you tried so hard to push Ubuntu One to users, why did you cancel it? If you want to improve user experience, why do you push Unity but remove GNOME 2? You should know that Unity rarely worked on my dual-monitor. What should I do? I have to switch back to Debian.

Disappointed. I'm copying 40GB of my data to DropBox so that I can format this piece of crap. To be fair, Ubuntu used to be the best Linux distribution a few years ago. The nightmare started with Unity, which I think is poorly made. The worst thing is you force it to users. That is really bad attitude..

1. Unity is technologically superior to any environment out there. The creation of HUD makes you retake the concept of desktop metaphor. I'm an old Linux user too, and I have no problem. It was Gnome itself who removed Gnome2, not Canonical, so blaim them.

2. Yes, Ubuntu implements new features (LXDE / LXQT desktop is new, for example). But you have the option to choose whatever you want, unlike Apple you have access to the biggest repository of free software, so choose your own. Also, Unity works even in my crappy old K7 computer.

3. Calling crap something people is working hard is not very kind from you. You may dislike and not use it, but if you're an "expert" Linux user, you should know what kind of technology you're using.

Another question is, why are you copying so many GB of data? Didn't you make a home partition that is suitable tu be used by another Linux? If you're a pro user you should know the way partitions work. I changed so many Linux OSes I can't remember, but always keeping my Dropbox / personal data intact. You're wasting your time.

Why don't you switch to many alternatives such as Lubuntu, Xubuntu or even Linux Mint Cinamon?

And you're wining like a six-year-old brat but has never contributed to design something better. Linux doesn't require a high-performance machine but a decent brain for sure. What puzzles me is that you're complaining about Unity on Lubuntu blog…

Been using Lubuntu since 10.04 and I have to say I'm disappointed in this release…very disappointed.

I could be nice and lie about how everything is working but it's not…

There are a TON of problems for a stable release and I hope the developers of Lubuntu address these or at least the ones that they can do something about (I understand not all these bugs can be dealt with) Exclamation points will be used for urgent bugs.

! – No nm-applet in panel

! – Right clicking applications in LxMenu has either not shown a menu or the Add To Desktop/Properties buttons for applications do not do anything

! – Directory Menu in LxPanel is broken, it does not function (only there for show)

! – You cannot change default applications from PCManFM or from the new Default Application manager, neither do anything they are there for show.

– Trash has broken elements, for example root files such as the default mouse cursors cannot be permanently deleted nor restored. Sudo PCManFM does not have any trash to restore or delete on top of that.

– Cannot type in Chromium with Ibus loaded

– Synaptic no longer opens with Gksu as it should

– PCManFM removed the very important feature of opening folders with root access…why? We know how to do it with a terminal already, it was a convenience feature that made the file manager great.

– Steam cannot install on Ubuntu 14.04 derivatives with proprietary graphics drivers as well for some reason although this problem is unrelated to you.

Also why does Volumed-Notify all of a sudden need Pulse Audio to install? I know it works fine with ALSA why have the dependencies changed?

I haven't even been using Lubuntu 14.04 for 2 days now and I've ran into all these and maybe more…I'm extremely upset this has to be your worst release since 10.10 I believe which was also extremely buggy. Unfortunately this is suppose to be a STABLE RELEASE, so why is everything so buggy now?

You would think you wouldn't release this Default Application Manager in a LTS release without properly testing it, but you guys did and it doesn't work…it doesn't do anything for that matter really, there was nothing wrong with PCManFM's way of dealing with default applications.

I sincerely hope all of these problems are fixed soon in a hotfix of some kind, most of these bugs are completely unacceptable in a functional operating system and noobies who are switching to Linux from Windows XP to YOUR distro are going to HATE their experience.

Before getting all these problems and report them, please, ensure that you deleted all your old config files if you want to enjoy a fresh and functional system. Sometimes a residual config file may turn crazy your OS.

Rafael you have a different system than I do, I have a clean install of the system on here so it must be hardware or something. But from a fresh install I was experiencing all the problems listed. Yes I have the same thing as your screenshot however none of those things do anything, they're just for show. It has no function, which is the problem. The default application is the biggest one that bothers me, I'm probably going to have to go into xdg-open and set all of them manually. Hopefully 14.10 is better, I've loved pretty much all Lubuntu releases because of the experience I've had with it working and working well.

I believe the bug with the default applications may have something to do with not giving me root access by default in PCManFM. And because the /home/.local/share/applications/mime-list which holds the default applications is set as root it won't let me change it without being root. I just set myself as root and changed it we'll see if it works with a reboot I guess.

I'll report these on Github or somewhere with the appropriate fixes.

Also about Synaptic asking for password, using gksu looks much more professional and clean than a prompt like that. And it's already on Lubuntu regardless so IDK why this was changed either.

Hello,on my cubietruck (armv7) I installed Lubuntu and then I was able to dist-upgrade to 13.10 and then 14.04.Now it is two weeks that there are no updates (apt-get update + apt-get upgrade).Is it ok or do I have to check anything? Where is a link to an arm v7 repo so that I can see if any update has been released for lubuntu 14.04?

In reference to an earlier post, I just installed Lubuntu 14.04 in an old Dell P4 with 1 gig of memory & I have the same issue with the directory menu. It shows up on the panel, all the selections are there but when I try to open a file…nothing. Other then that, system runs great.

I reinstalled, updated & added the staging PPA. I also added the madebits package for right click actions in pcmanfm. I now have even more issues. They all seem to be centered around pcmanfm.1. The directory menu issue is still there. It looks just like your screenshot, but when I click to open a file, still nothing happens.2. When I try to set an "open with" preference, it opens it with my preference, but it does not stick even though I tick the box to make it default. I even tried changing the preference in the default applications app, but it still goes back to the original setting, i.e. firefox to open a text file.3. Last but not least and this is a strange one, when I right click a file in pcmanfm the menu does not stay open unless I hold down the mouse button, drag it over to the selection and release in order to get it to work. This only happens on the lower half of the screen.. strange.At this point I think that this new version of Lubuntu just doesn't like my machine (older versions worked great) & will try something else. But thank you for trying to help & maybe at the next point release I will give it another go.

1. and 2. The preferences are stored in your .config/pcmanfm folder. Make sure you're owner of that folder (sometimes permissions change in Linux and get protected). Use the "sudo chown ljon -R .config/pcmanfm" command.

3. Call an exorcist. That issue on the half of your screen is something I've never seen :O